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Ingeneral,awirelessheartratecheststrapisthemoreaccurateandconvenientmethodofdetectingandmonitoringaheart

ratesignal.Theuserisnotrequiredtogripthetouchheartratesensorsandtheunitwillcontinuouslydisplaythedetectedheart

ratenomatterwherethehandsare

placed.

YourEstimatedMaximumHeartRate&TargetTrainingZone

Yourcalculatedtargetheartrate,ortheidealintensityneededtoimprovecardiovascularfitness,dependsprimarilyuponyour

ageratherthanyourcurrentstateoffitness.Iftheexerciseintensityistoolowortoohigh,onlymodestgainswill

bemadein

strengthandcardiovascularfitness.A workoutataverylowintensitywillnotoffermaximumbenefits.Conversely,ifthe

workoutintensityistoohigh,injuryorfatiguemayslowtheprogressionofyourexercisegoalsasthebodyattemptstorecover.

Itismosteffectivetotrainat

aheartratebetween60%and85%ofyourmaximumheartrate.Maximumheartrateiscalculated

as220beats‐per‐minuteminusyourage.

Tocalculateyourmaximumheartrateandfindtheappropriatetargettrainingzone,usethefollowingformulas.Forexample,

thefollowingestimationwouldberelevant

fora35year‐olduser:

 220–35=185Bpm (220–Age=MaxHeartRateinBeats‐per‐

minute/Bpm)

 0.60x185=111Bpm (60%of185BPM[MaximumHeartRate]=111Bpm,

theupperthresholdofthetargetedheartrate

trainingzone)

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 0.85x185=157Bpm (85%of185BPM[MaximumHeartRate]=157Bpm,

theupperthresholdofthetargetedheartrate

trainingzone)

Basedonthesecalculations,therecommendedheartratetrainingzoneforthis

userwouldbebetween111Bpm–157Bpm.Picturedto

therightisagraph

whichdisplaystherecommendedheartratetrainingzoneforuserstwentyyears

ofagetoseventy‐fiveyearsofage.